Main causes of mortality were stated in Bashkortostan

UFA, 6 October 2015. /Bashinform News Agency, Ksenia Kalinina/. In Bashkortostan the main causes of mortality were stated. According to Bashkortostan Statistics Agency, since the beginning of the year the diseases of the circulatory system are leading in the list (39.6%), ratio of deaths from malignant and benign tumors remains high (11.5%), death rate from external causes is slightly less (10.2%).

In the republic since the beginning of this year, 36,807 people died. The number of deaths compared to the same period last year increased by 1,001 persons, or 2.8%. From January to August of this year, 38,579 people were born, which is 3.6% less than in the same period of the last year. Thus, the number of births exceeded the number of deaths by 4.8%. In the same period of the last year this figure was 11.7%.